Re: Re music - Sean

Posted by Sean on September 7, 1999, at 17:13:53

In reply to Re music - Sean, posted by Louise on September 5, 1999, at 14:09:38

> Hi Sean> > What you said about the change of mood being the creativity trigger was really interesting. The last few songs I've written (mainly rock / guitar stuff although I play the piano myself and write using the piano) have come to me when I've been upwardly inspired by lack of sleep and lots of loud music and then it was suddenly peaceful on the train on the way home. The sudden peace and relaxation when feeling really tired .....and they just kept flowing. The other was when I was feeling pretty up and then something upset me a bit, brought back memories, made a link to Shakespeare line then.........song. I've never noticed before that it's a sudden emotional or environmental change that inspires me - GOOD OBSERVATION !!!!> > Suede were great. I was right at the front near the stage in a crowd of about 40,000 I think. I love the track Savoir Faire from the Head Music album. 'Saturday Night' was also really good.> > By the way, can you or do you do anything to calm down your up moods or do you just let them ride?> > Louise

SOunds like a cool concert. I just read an interviewwith Suede and their producer about the songSavoir Faire - it was quite complex and involved.

Managing moods is really tough for me as AD'spump me up after a few weeks (artificially) andso I'm currently treating downs with Zoloft, andwhen it get's too intense I back off and get some solid sleep for a few days. It isn't a greatsolution so I'm going to start a non-lithiummood stabilizer this month. My docs been out ofthe office, so I've been waiting to do this forseveral weeks. Kind of spooked by the side effects, but am also tired of bouncing off thewalls (or am I??? hee hee!)